High severity · published Feb 7, 2018
CVE-2017-5130
An integer overflow in xmlmemory.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit…
8.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An integer overflow in xmlmemory.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted XML file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 62.0.3202.62 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxml2 · Xmlsoft
before 2.9.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5130
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5130
Issue Tracking
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
Vendor Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Third Party Advisory
https://crbug.com/722079
Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
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